Milk-stool.



J. C. H. LYNDGAARD.

MILK STOOL.

APPLIOATION FILED sEPT.1; 1911.

1,019,009; A Patented m1211912.

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MILK-STOOL.

lSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb.i27, 1912.

Application tiled September 1, 1911. Serial No. 647,262.

To all whom it may concern-f A -Be it known that I, JoRGEN GAARD, acitizen of the ing at Lake Benton, in the county of Lincoln and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and useful Milk-Stool, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to milk-stools of the class that supports themilk-vessel during the process of milking.

The object is to produce a compact, du rable, convenient and efficientdevice of sai class.

In the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a top or plan'view of myimproved milkstool. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the stool shown inFio. 1 with the lower portion of a milk pail in position on the pailsupport,

and the guard about the pail in substan-- tially diametrical section.Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the curved bar 11 in Fig. 2, andfractions of adjacent parts. Fig. 4 is a. section on t-he line a.-aFig. 1. Fig. 5 is aA section on the line c-c Fig. 1, on av reducedscale' and the tongue or arni 21 omitted. Fig. 6 is a slightly enlargedsection looking upward at the line b-b Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing by reference nu? mei-als, ldesignates the seat,2, 2f1 the front legs 3, 3a the rear leg supporting the seat.

lower section 2a or 3a slidable in a channel 4 (see Fig. 6) in the uppersection and formed at one side with ratched teeth 5, in which engages Aadog 6 that is pivotally mountedat 7 on the upper section and held inengagement with the teeth by a spring 8,'which may be secured either onthe dog or on the upper leg-section- Secured at 9 to the lower ends ofthe upper leg sections 1s a horizontal yoke or frame 10, which has atransverse bar 11 ;.secured to said bar and to the seat is a verticallydisposed segmen tally curved brace '12 with perforations 13,

as best shown in Fig. .3. The center -of said segment is the axial lineof a pivot bolt 14 that is passed through the upwardly curved wfront endof the yoke 1() and through the 4downward lugs 15 of a. bar 16, which issecured'diametrically in a ring 17. In said kring vare also secured twoother bars 18 and 19.Y I To the latter bar is secured at 2O an arm 21, abracket 22 (shown in'Fig. 2) also assist in securing said arm 21 tothering-.17- Sliding in lugs23 upon'the bar 21 and pressed rearwardlylby a spring 24 is Va locking bolt C. H. LYND- United States, resid-v25, whose rear end may engage ini any of the apertures 13 of bar 12.Secured about the ring 17 is a circular sheet metal guard 2G, withinwhich the milk pail 27 is placed upon the bar 16, 18 and the rearportion of the arm 21. The guard 26 is suiciently high and fitting aboutthe pailto preventA overturning of the pail as long as the stool-remains in anything like normal position and it will of course remainin said position as long as the operator sits on it and when helea-vesthe stool he takes it and the pail, or at least the latter along withhim, so it is simply impossible for acow to kick the pail over.

28 is a: brace vbetween the front legs and the seat.

In the use of the device it may be further explained that according asthe cow is a big or a small .one it is often desirable to tilt the pailtoward or away from the cow; this is then done by moving the loc-kingbolt 24 yinto a higher or lower aperture in the bar 12. Such .shiftingof the bolt also enables thev pail to stand plumb up when so desiredeven if the ground inclines toward or away from the cow. Theextensibility of the legs enables the 4operator to raise and lower theseat and the pail-holding frame and also to .maintain the seat in levelposition even if the ground slopes to the right or left of the operatoror in` any other direction.

What Il claim is:

1. milk stool comprising a seat and three legs supporting the same, eachleg coinposed of an upper section xed to the seat and a. lower sectionslidable on the upper section, and means for holding the sectionsextended to different lengths.v

2. A milk Istool comprising a seat. and three legs 'supporting the same,each leg composed of an upper section {ixed to the seat and a lowersection slidable on the upper section, and means for holding thesections extended to diiferent lengths, a horizontal frame secured tothe upper sections of the legs and .extending forward beyond the seat, apail support mounted on said forward extension and having a. guardarranged to encircle the s extended to different lengths, a horizontalframe secured to the upper sections of the legs and extending forwardbeyond the seat, a palspporbmounted on said forward'ex- 5 tension andhaving a guard arranged to enoircle'the lower portion of the pail, forthe purpose set forth, a, segmental perforated bar below the seat, anfirm on the pail support, spring-pressed means carried by. thel 10 armand l arranged for engagement with either of the perforations in thesegmental bar, -said pail support being pvotally mounted on the frame totiltl to and from the seat. 4 In testimony whereof I ax my signature, 15in presence of two witnesses.

JRGEN C. H. LYNDGAARD. Witnesses:

M. J. HANSEN, CHAS. E. LAvEssoN.

